--- title: Ezekiel 29:19 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of E… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her abundance, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. Who acts: Lord GOD, I, GOD, prey. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lord GOD, I, GOD, prey), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EZK:768 # text = Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her abundance, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | future | I | the land of Egypt | | | | unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 3 | **carry off** | shall | GOD | Babylon's abundance | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abundance=Theme | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | GOD *not said here* | Babylon's spoil | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | GOD *not said here* | Babylon's prey | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | shall | prey | the wages | | | | for king's army | tree rules | | 7 | **spoil** | | Babylon | | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י נֹתֵ֛ן לִנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְנָשָׂ֨א הֲמֹנָ֜הּ וְשָׁלַ֤ל שְׁלָלָהּ֙ וּבָזַ֣ז בִּזָּ֔הּ וְהָיְתָ֥ה שָׂכָ֖ר לְחֵילֽוֹ׃ [Ezekiel 29:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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